the World According to Girl has an interesting premise, but rather fittingly fails to execute the grand plan and falls short of being the great game it could be.
Hidden object games can be so sensible. And with a shopping list of items to find, they can be on the boring side, too. Thank the heavens for It’s Kooky
Raptor Boyfriend: A High School Romance is a heartfelt visual novel, beautifully executed and with a soundtrack that could have tumbled out of Chloe Price’s record collection.
In the Sniper Elite 5: Conqueror Mission, Weapon and Skin Pack the mission is the highlight here, with a good flow to the structure and numerous side missions to find.
Warp Drive hits the barrier a few times, mainly in the way it executes on its ambitious ideas, but we can’t help imagining a sequel that overtakes everything here.
Twin-stick shooters and roguelike hybrids aren’t new, and they have been done better elsewhere. But that’s not to say you should ignore Doomed to Hell. It may be simple and concise, but it’s a syringe of adrenaline to the heart, and it managed to perk us up for an evening.
I’ve lost count of the amount of dungeons I’ve trawled through over the years; slaughtering any beast or creature who dares to stand in my path as I seek out some ancient treasure. But I do often wonder, what if the shoe was on the other foot and I had to defend my dungeon from pesky intruders? Well that’s essentially the premise of Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager, a roguelite dungeon management game developed by the aptly named Goblinz Studio.Â
A game that is going to be more enjoyable for Cobra Kai fans than unfamiliar players, the licence is used very well here, but it’s still not one that can be fully recommended to everyone. All that said, if you love some Karate Kid action, there is no better game than Cobra Kai 2: Dojos Rising.
We found Yum Yum Cookstar to be a bit of a hollow doughnut: it still looks good, but we couldn’t shake the sense that something was missing. Our kids, though, gobbled it up.
